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=Davenant, Sir Wm.= 1605-1688. Dramatist. D. wrote 25 comedies and tragedies, and the long and feeble heroic poem Gondibert. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._

=Davies, Sir John.= 1570-1626. Poet. Author of Nosce Teipsum, a poem on the immortality of the soul, of great power and beauty, and a poetical treatise on dancing, ent.i.tled Orchestra. _See Grosart's complete edition, 1876._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 1._

=Davy, Sir Humphrey.= 1778-1829. Chemist. Author Researches Chemical and Philosophical, Elements of Chemical Philosophy, Consolations of Travel, etc. _See Life and Works of, by John Davy, 9 vols., London, 1840._ _Pub. Rob._

=Day, Thomas.= 1748-1789. Author of the famous juvenile tale Sandford and Merton. _Pub. Har. Hou. Rob._

=Defoe, Daniel.= 1661-1731. Political writer and novelist. His stories form the link connecting the tales and romances of the 17th cent. with the novel of the 18th. Moll Flanders, Capt. Singleton, and Robinson Crusoe are among his chief works. Style lively, rapid, and realistic.

_See Oxford edition, 20 vols., 1840._ _See Life, by Lee, 3 vols.; also, Defoe, by Wm. Minto, in Eng. Men of Letters._

=Dekker, Thomas.= c. 1570-1641. Dramatist. Author Satiriomastix, etc.

D. wrote mainly with other dramatists, but so far as his separate work can be traced, it shows tenderness and pathos. _See Eng. edition of Dekker, 1873._ _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._

=De la Rame [deh-la-ra-m[=a]'], Louisa=, ”Ouida.” 184 Novelist.

Author of Strathmore, Moths, Bebee, Wanda, etc. An entertaining, sprightly writer, of much genius, whose works are of a doubtful moral tendency. _Pub. Lip._

=De Morgan, Augustus.= 1806-1871. Mathematician. Author Essays on Probabilities, Formal Logic, Paradoxes and Problems, etc.

=Denham, Sir John.= 1615-1668. Poet. His poem Cooper's Hill shows fine descriptive powers. _See Ward's Eng. Poets, vol. 2._

=Dennis, John.= 1657-1734. Dramatist and critic. Author of A Plot and No Plot, Appius and Virginia, The Usefulness of the Stage, The Grounds of Criticism, etc.

=De Quincey, Thomas.= 1785-1859. Critic and essayist. A great master of Eng. prose. He possessed great acuteness and fine descriptive powers, but lacked creative ability. Confessions of an Opium-Eater and Murder Considered as one of the Fine Arts are two of the best examples of his style. _See Page's Life of, 1877; Biographical Sketches by H.

Martineau._ _Pub. Hou._

=Derby, Earl of.= See Stanley, Edward G. S.

=De Redcliffe, Lord Stratford.= 1788-1880. Poet and theologian.

=De Vere, Sir Aubrey.= 1788-1846. Irish poet. Author Julian the Apostate, etc.

=De Vere, Aubrey Thos.= 181 Irish poet. Son to preceding. Author May Carols, Irish Odes, The Sisters, etc. His verse is pleasing, and possesses merit.

=De Vere, Edward.= Earl of Oxford. 1545-1604. Poet.

=Dibdin, Charles.= 1745-1814. Poet and miscellaneous writer. Author of a complete Hist. of the Eng. Stage, but best known by his naval songs, over 1200 in number. _For the latter, see Hogarth's edition, 1843._

=Dibdin, Thos.= 1771-1841. Son to C. D. A prolific song-writer and playwright. Author of a Metrical Hist. of England, etc.

=Dibdin, Thos. Frognall.= 1776-1847. Bibliographer. Neph. to C. D.

Author Bibliomania, Typographical Antiquities of Gt. Britain, Bibliographical Decameron, etc.

=Dicey, Edward Stephen.= 183 Journalist. Author Memoir of Cavour, Rome in 1860, The Schleswig-Holstein War, etc.

=d.i.c.k, Thomas.= 1772-1857. Scotch writer. The Christian Philosopher is his best known work. _Pub. Har. Clx. Phi._

=d.i.c.kens, Charles.= 1812-1870. Novelist. Author of some 30 novels and tales, all bearing marks of genius and originality. He is widely read and admired, and his novels delight readers of all ages. His princ.i.p.al faults consist in elaborating and dwelling on the grotesque and unattractive side of humanity, and in overstraining the pathetic portions of his novels. Pickwick Papers, Nicholas Nickleby, Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Oliver Twist, and the Christmas Carol are among the best of his works. _See Fields's Yesterdays with Authors, and Lives by Forster and Mackenzie._ _Pub. Apt. Est. Har.

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